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Polymorphisms in the PTPN22 region are associated with psoriasis of early onset.


ABSTRACT: Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, affects approximately 2% of the population worldwide. Although the aetiology of psoriasis is poorly understood, patients with disease of early onset (Type I, age of onset

SUBMITTER: Smith RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2342636 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Polymorphisms in the PTPN22 region are associated with psoriasis of early onset.

Smith Rh Ll RL   Warren R B RB   Eyre S S   Ke X X   Young H S HS   Allen M M   Strachan D D   McArdle W W   Gittins M P MP   Barker J N W N JN   Griffiths C E M CE   Worthington J J  

The British journal of dermatology 20080313 5


<h4>Background</h4>Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, affects approximately 2% of the population worldwide. Although the aetiology of psoriasis is poorly understood, patients with disease of early onset (Type I, age of onset<or=40 years) usually have a strong genetic component to the disease.<h4>Objectives</h4>The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 22 (PTPN22) gene region in susceptibility to Type I psoriasis.<h4>Pa  ...[more]

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